Antimicrobial prescribing table

Summary of Antimicrobial prescribing guidance managing common infections (August 2021) 1 Summary of Antimicrobial prescribing guidance managing common infections For all PHE guidance, follow PHE s principles of treatment. See BNF for appropriate use and dosing in specific populations, for example, hepatic impairment, renal impairment, pregnancy and breastfeeding. Key: Click to access doses for children Click to access NICE s printable visual summary Jump to section on: Infection Key points Medicine Doses Length Visual summary Adult Child Upper respiratory tract infections Acute sore throat Public Health England Last updated: Jan 2018 Advise paracetamol, or if preferred and suitable, ibuprofen for pain. Medicated lozenges may help pain in adults . Use FeverPAIN or Centor to assess symptoms: FeverPAIN 0-1 or Centor 0-2: no antibiotic; FeverPAIN 2-3: no or back-up antibiotic; FeverPAIN 4-5 or Centor 3-4: immediate or back-up antibiotic.

Community-acquired pneumonia Alternative first choice (low severity in adults or 12s) Public Health England >7. Last updated: Sept 2019 . Assess severity in adults based on clinical judgement and guided by a mortality risk score (CRB65 or CURB65) when these scores can be calculated: low severity – CRB65 0 or CURB65 0 or 1 . moderate severity

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